Michelle Obama and Jill Biden Travel to Haiti

This morning, First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden took a surprise trip to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In addition to meeting with the Haitian president and his wife, Obama and Biden will “thank the women and men across the whole of the U.S. government for their extraordinary efforts in Haiti during the past three months. They will also reach out to the UN and international relief communities in recognition of the truly global effort underway to help Haiti,” according to a White House statement, as reported in The Washington Post. The unannounced trip was not revealed “until the last minute for security reasons, in particular, crowd control,” says the paper.

Back in January, Michelle Obama filmed a P.S.A. for the Red Cross (above) in which she urged viewers to donate $10 by texting “Haiti” to 90999. (In fact, you can still do this!) “The devastation is definitely powerful,” the First Lady said of her trip to Port-au-Prince.